Pretty Butterfly

The new challenge on Moo-Mania and More for the next 2 weeks is 'Inspired by a Song'.  I am useless at remembering song titles so had a look through my iTunes playlist and found Pretty Butterfly by Andy Williams which was ideal as I love butterflies!  Luckily I had a stamp small enough to fit on my moo!

Frosty Winter

I came across a Moo challenge blog while looking at a friend's blog called Moo-Mania and More and remembered how much I loved making these, it must be about 8 years since I have made any so thought it was time I made some more!  I don't have much space or energy these days so these are just right!  The current theme is Frosty Winter so I used one of my lovely little tree stamps, a couple of Tim Holtz words and punched some snowflakes from a Martha Stewart border punch.

Twelve Month Challenge - June

We have our next rhyme for June on The Craft Barn's Twelve Month Challenge and this time I had a suitable stamp for the extra challenge which was to add a posy of flowers!  I used one of my favourite Crafty Individual stamps for the main image as it is of children and so therefore fitted the bill!

Twelve Month Challenge - May

We got our next rhyme for The Craft Barn's 12 Month Challenge a few weeks ago and I've finally got round to getting my page done.  Real life is certainly giving me challenges at the moment let alone trying to do crafting challenges!  I wracked my brain for this one as I don't have any sheep stamps at all but then remembered some papers with sheep printed on so decided to use a bit of that!  I added some stickers from my massive collection and a bit of stamping and got there in the end and before the end of the month too!

Twelve Month Challenge - April

We have been given our verse to use for the Twelve Month Challenge for The Craft Barn  for April and we also have to use a primrose or daisy.  All was going well with my page until I dropped an inked butterfly stamp on my daisy edging so had to cover it up with a daisy sticker which luckily I had in my stash!  Never mind, it got a couple more stickers used up which is always my aim!  I also had a nice surprise when I checked on the blog this morning and found I was the random winner for last month!

12 Month Challenge - March

We have our new verse for March on The Craft Barn's 12 Month Challenge, and this time we have to use a mad hare and a daffodil - also to see if we could make it dance but I failed on that one!  I am finding these challenges a bit more of a challenge as I don't have the appropriate stamps to use so am having to print off some images to use.  Luckily I had a daffodil stamp so could still include my favourite technique which is stamping!

12 Month Challenge - February

The Craft Barn's 12 Month Challenge is a line each month from the poem The Months by Sara Coleridge.  Together with the verse for February we also have to include a cherub and hearts.  I found this a bit on the difficult side as I think this is one of the rare occasions I don't have a suitable stamp in my collection and had to resort to Googling free images!  I sat at my desk for a while trying to think how to bring this all together as the stamp I chose to use for a lake doesn't really go with my cherub image but in the end just went with a mish mash collage and used some peel offs and rub ons to complete my page!

12 Month Challenge - January

It is a new year and we have a new challenge from The Craft Barn - the 12 Month Challenge.  Every 3 weeks we will be given a verse from Sara Coleridges's Poem, The Months.  Also there will be something else to be included and this month it's a bird in wellies!  So please excuse my feeble attempt at drawing some wellies as even though I am convinced that somewhere I have a stamp I cannot find it anywhere!  I have decided to go with the same format as last year's challenge as I have enough blank pages left from it to do this year's and again I intend to use a mixture of backing papers, stamps and embellishments from my stash mountain to try and reduce it!

Alpha/Dictionary Challenge - P

We have finally reached the last letter in our year long challenge on The Craft Barn and I have managed to keep up just about!  I've been ill since Christmas but have managed to summon up enough energy today to make it into my craft room so I can get this page made and the challenge completed!  Our letter is P and I went for Petals so I could use some of the stamps from my collection and as always a couple of extra P words from my Tim Holtz book of words! I have thoroughly enjoyed this challenge and am looking forward to the new one for 2017!

Happy New Year!

Alpha/Dictionary Challenge - M

Here we are with the penultimate letter on The Craft Barn's year-long Alpha/Dictionary Challenge, which this time is M.  I quickly made this page as time is short of course!  I was going to go for Man because I have several manly stamps but then decided to go for Motor as I know I hadn't used any motor car stamps for this challenge!

I would like to wish everyone who visits me a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Alpha/Dictionary Challenge - Y

Nearly at the end of The Craft Barn's Alpha/Dictionary Challenge and yay I am up to date!  Our letter this time is Y and I chose to use Young for my word as I have an appropriate stamp in my Crafty Individuals collection that is just right and I haven't yet used it for this challenge - had to check back over all my pages just in case!  I also noticed afterwards that I had used yellow backing paper but this was entirely unintentional!

Alpha/Dictionary Challenge - I and V

I am finally up to date with The Craft Barn's Alpha/Dictionary Challenge.  Our new letter is I and the word I chose is Ice.  The backing paper I used has an icy look to it and if you click on the image you can see it is shimmery and shiny and I added Pine Needles Distress Ink as I always feel this is a wintry colour! The image I have used is an old favourite stamp that makes me think of a frosty icy day!

For my V page I decided to pick Violin as I remembered I had an appropriate stamp in my fairly large stamp collection that I don't often get to use!  Also the 2 flowers are violet in colour so I added those, and I then remembered that I do actually have a stamp of Violet flowers but it was too late by then!   I am now up to date and hopefully will stay that way until the end of the challenge!

Alpha/Dictionary Challenge - X

We have X as our letter on The Craft Barn's Alpha/Dictionary Challenge this time.  I still have no crafting time at all so had to get this done quickly.  As I had used Christmas a few week ago I didn't really want to do Xmas but there wasn't much else to choose from in my dictionary so I went for X as meaning 10 in Roman numerals!

Alpha/Dictionary Challenge - S + Shell

Our new letter for the next two weeks on The Craft Barn's Alpha/Dictionary Challenge is S with the added extra of Shell.  I was going to use Seaside as my chosen word for my collage page but that wasn't in my dictionary!  So I went with Summer instead plus several other 'S' words too!  I had fun with this one as I have quite a few 'seasidey' themed stamps and embellishments from my scrapbooking stash!

Alpha/Dictionary Challenge - R

Our letter this time round on The Craft Barn's Alpha/Dictionary Challenge is R.  I remembered that I have a Robin stamp in my stash, designed by a good friend Linda Dore, and so went for a slightly wintery theme and some sparkle so I could use him!

Journal52 - Hope

Another catch up page for Journal52 - the theme was Hope and for the first time I have used parts of napkins on my page which I have wanted to try out for a while.  I always look at the lovely napkins in the garden centre and finally bought some to try out!  As usual I used a quote for my page.

An Inky Card

I needed a birthday card for a friend, so got my Dusty Concord and Milled Lavender Distress Inks out and some flower stamps and made this one.

Autumn Tag

The current challenge on DragonsDream Tag It On blog is Autumn. I love autumn and all its colours and enjoyed making this tag with a pumpkin stamp coloured with Copics and water colours, and leaves and acorns stamped on the background, edged with a copper Krylon pen.

Ready-Steady-STAMP!

Challenge 5 on Ready-Steady-STAMP! is to use 5 ingredients, Green, Buttons, Lace, Flowers and Butterflies, and the PVA resist technique. I have done all of these on my fat page!

W is for Winter

Well, we are nearing the end of the alphabet on Linda's Alphabet Challenge Blog. This week is W and I have made a Winter atc for my nature themed set I have been making.